TUMBLE

spill, tumble, fall

(noun) a sudden drop from an upright position; “he had a nasty spill on the ice”

tumble

(noun) an acrobatic feat of rolling or turning end over end

tumble

(verb) do gymnastics, roll and turn skillfully

tumble

(verb) suffer a sudden downfall, overthrow, or defeat

tumble

(verb) put clothes in a tumbling barrel, where they are whirled about in hot air, usually with the purpose of drying; “Wash in warm water and tumble dry”

tumble

(verb) fall suddenly and sharply; “Prices tumbled after the devaluation of the currency”

tumble

(verb) throw together in a confused mass; “They tumbled the teams with no apparent pattern”

tumble

(verb) roll over and over, back and forth

tumble, topple

(verb) fall down, as if collapsing; “The tower of the World Trade Center tumbled after the plane hit it”

crumble, crumple, tumble, break down, collapse

(verb) fall apart; “the building crumbled after the explosion”; “Negotiations broke down”

whirl, tumble, whirl around

(verb) fly around; “The clothes tumbled in the dryer”; “rising smoke whirled in the air”

topple, tumble, tip

(verb) cause to topple or tumble by pushing

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Noun

tumble (plural tumbles)

A fall, especially end over end.

A disorderly heap.

(informal) An act of sexual intercourse.

Verb

tumble (third-person singular simple present tumbles, present participle tumbling, simple past and past participle tumbled)

(intransitive) To fall end over end; to roll over and over.

(intransitive) To perform gymnastics such as somersaults, rolls, and handsprings.

(intransitive) To drop rapidly.

(transitive) To smoothe and polish, e.g, gemstones or pebbles, by means of a rotating tumbler.

(intransitive, informal) To have sexual intercourse.

(intransitive) To move or rush in a headlong or uncontrolled way.

To muss, to make disorderly; to tousle or rumple.

(cryptocurrency) To obscure the audit trail of funds by means of a tumbler.

Synonyms

• (to have sexual intercourse): bump uglies, have sex, roll around; see also copulate

• (to make disorderly): mess up, touse

Source: Wiktionary

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Tum"ble, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Tumbled; p. pr. & vb. n. Tumbling.] Etym: [OE. tumblen, AS. tumbian to turn heels over head, to dance violently; akin to D. tuimelen to fall, Sw. tumla, Dan. tumle, Icel. tumba; and cf. G. taumeln to reel, to stagger.]

1. To roll over, or to and fro; to throw one's self about; as, a person on pain tumbles and tosses.

2. To roll down; to fall suddenly and violently; to be precipitated; as, to tumble from a scaffold. He who tumbles from a tower surely has a greater blow than he who slides from a molehill. South.

3. To play tricks by various movements and contortions of the body; to perform the feats of an acrobat. Rowe. To tumble home (Naut.), to incline inward, as the sides of a vessel, above the bends or extreme breadth; -- used esp. in the phrase tumbling home. Cf. Wall-sided.

Tum"ble, v. t.

1. To turn over; to turn or throw about, as for examination or search; to roll or move in a rough, coarse, or unceremonious manner; to throw down or headlong; to precipitate; -- sometimes with over, about, etc.; as, to tumble books or papers.

2. To disturb; to rumple; as, to tumble a bed.

Tum"ble, n.

Definition: Act of tumbling, or rolling over; a fall.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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